First edition of an autobiographical work by Prince Yevgeny Petrovich Obolensky (1796-1865) about his exile to the Siberian labour camps, published (only?) in French translation. The high born Obolensky (son of the Tula governor) was one of the 500 people involved in the December uprising in 1825 and held a prominent position among the Decembrists, being appointed their leader on 25 December. The uprising failed and he was condemned to hard labour and deprived of his princely title. He lived in exile for nearly 40 years until in 1861 he returned to normal life. The present publication appeared soon after. The present translation probably follows Obolensky's original manuscript, for we find no Russian edition in reference works or online. Remarkably a different French translation, by Paul Fuchs, appeared in Leipzig in the same year, with the title Mon exil en Sibérie (see Cat. Russica).
In very good condition, with bolts unopened. With a publisher's advertisement on the last 16 pp. Cat. Russica 52 (cf. 51: Paul Fuchs translation).